User talk:Michrose

Hello, Billinghurst

Thank you for taking the time to walk me through this. I can see now that I have a learning curve.

I just read through the COI material, but will re-read it again more thoroughly, and I went through the tutorial and a few other introductory items, which were all very helpful.

One of my part time jobs is at New Church Audio, under the General Church, a non-profit organization (which has a page on Wikipedia). The only other staff is a volunteer.

I understand that COI issues are important to neutrality. My intention was to add external links to newchurchaudio.org to relevant pages for people who were looking for information about Swedenborg or the New Church. New Church Audio is the only source I know of that provides a free online library of audio recordings about these topics. There is plenty of written material out there on Swedenborg, but for people who are more audio learners, this would be a helpful resource.

I think it is unlikely that Wikipedia editors who are outside of the General Church organization would know about this website and submit a link.

If a year from now I am no longer employed by the General Church, would it still be a COI, or would I then be able to add an external link? Or is it acceptable for me to look into whether anyone I know is an editor that is not an employee, and see if they would be interested in submitting a link? I want to make sure I am following the rules, and I am interested in making the Wikipedia pages on these topics more comprehensive if possible.

Thanks much, MichRose

Welcome!
Hello, Michrose, and welcome to Wikipedia! Thank you for your contributions.

I notice that one of the first articles you edited was Emanuel Swedenborg, which appears to be dealing with a topic with which you may have a conflict of interest. In other words, you may find it difficult to write about that topic in a neutral and objective way, because you are, work for, or represent, the subject of that article. Your recent contributions may have already been undone for this very reason.

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Your submission at Articles for creation: Feodor Pitcairn (March 3)
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SwisterTwister  talk  19:18, 3 March 2017 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: Feodor Pitcairn (April 6)
 Your recent article submission to Articles for Creation has been reviewed! Unfortunately, it has not been accepted at this time. The reason left by Yashovardhan Dhanania was:

Please check the submission for any additional comments left by the reviewer. You are encouraged to edit the submission to address the issues raised and resubmit when they have been resolved.


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Yashovardhan (talk) 06:19, 6 April 2017 (UTC)

Your submission at Articles for creation: Feodor Pitcairn has been accepted
 Feodor Pitcairn, which you submitted to Articles for creation, has been created.

You are more than welcome to continue making quality contributions to Wikipedia. . Thank you for helping improve Wikipedia! Roger (Dodger67) (talk) 17:49, 23 April 2017 (UTC)
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